Spring time ads fill Denton area markets and services
Local notices advertise farm for sale items including wheat, alfalfa hay, coal and cream among others. R H Stafford lists cows mules and shingles while Nuttle Lumber promotes cheap kindling and Fordson tractor. Public health orders note disease cases in Caroline county and a baby clinic is planned for Denton area. A bridge paving bid to Layfield and Willer is reported with May 1 start. The Denton area endures a damaging snow event disrupting power and lines. Funeral services for Richard T. Morgan are described with details of his life and church roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. L. Everngam
Denton
Nuttle Milling Co
Nuttle Lumber & Coal Company
W. J. Martin and Son
Nuttle Lumber & Coal Co
Fordson Tractor
Alshane
R. H. Stafford
Burrsville
Denton social event calendar and notices brief
Denton ladies host benefit supper at Community House on April 9 from 5 to 7 pm with chicken and ham dishes for 50 cents. Fire department fundraiser, various social visits, birthdays, weddings, card parties, and bake sale announced. multiple residents and guests named from Milford, Bridgeville, Federalsburg, and Wilmington attend events and celebrations.
Bethlehem Ladies Aid Social Set for March 27
Bethlehem Ladies Aid society plans a Friday evening social at the community house with a prepared program by the young people. Admission is free and attendees can expect plenty of good food. Mr and Mrs Dallas Blades of Federalsburg visited with Mr and Mrs Orland Blades. Various locals hosted or visited relatives across Federalsburg, Trappe, and Chester with multiple home gatherings noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies Aid Society
Dallas Blades
Federalsburg
And
Orland Blades
John Harrington
Twentieth Century Community Club
C. Stevens
Charles Blades
George Blades
Trappe
W. C. Pritchett
Philadelphia
Dover
Nettie Thomas
Payton Thompson
Ladies Aid
Sam Smith
Lee Smith
James Robinson
Fay
Chester
Water rents liens bill and county fire support approved
House Bill No. 435 would make water rents liens on property served in Denton and House Bill No. 434 would authorize Caroline County commissioners to contribute 5000 dollars to volunteer fire company support. Both were reported favorably out of committee last Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denton
Caroline
Community improves Wesley M. E. cemetery and church interior
A Burrsville delegation spent days cleaning and repairing the Wesley M. E. cemetery fence and planning further improvements. The church interior was beautified with paint and a new carpet. Unity Woman's Club met at Mrs. Harry Gordon's home March 18 with a Fashion Forecast for Spring topic and a demonstration on foundation garments for the 1931 figure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley M. E
Unity Woman’s Club
Harry Gordon
Edgar Maloney
Dover
Will Powell
Harrington
R. H. Stafford
Will Wilson
Fred Powell
David Ellwanger
C. N. Fountain
Marjorie Baker
Harry Murphy
J. L. Stevens
Andersontown
Paul Beauchamp
Betty
Chester
Harlan Blades
Harry Harrington
Easton
Gladys Chance
Swarthmore
John L. Chance
Orphans Court in Caroline County Handles Estates
The Caroline county Orphans Court met with Judges West Towers and Fleetwood. It examined and transacted on administrator filings for Nathaniel Phillips and Homer L. Kimmey estates. Proved Bartie Kilson will and admitted to probate. Granted letters of administration for Thomas W. White. Ida D. Towers resigned as administrator, leaving L. B. Towers as sole administrator. An order amended the list of operatives for Homer L. Kimmey estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orphans’ Court
Caroline County
West
Towers
Fleetwood
T. Pliny Fisher
Nathaniel Phillips
Gladys M. Trice
Hazel S. Jester
Elizabeth Kuehn
Ida M. Sapp
Bartie Kilson
Ernest D. Kilson
William L. Kimmey
J. Owen Knotts
Homer L. Kimmey
Register of Wills
Harmony Club Demonstrates Slip Cutting At Meeting
Harmony Community Club met Wednesday afternoon March 11 at Mrs. Olin Thomas home with eight members present. Mrs. Pliny Todd presided as president and the demonstrators Mrs. Roland Towers and Mrs. Olin Thomas led the cutting and fitting of slips. Several members cut patterns. after the demonstration a social hour with cake lemonade and candies followed. April meeting will be at Miss Marie Quillen’s home. Mr. and Mrs. Linwood Todd hosted their daughter and family from Smithville along with Mr. and Mrs. Claude Todd and their young son. Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Butler and infant son and Miss Boston of Easton visited Mr. and Mrs. Ray Deen and Mr. and Mrs. Casper Camper at the Cohee home Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harmony Community Club
Olin Thomas
Pliny Todd
Roland Towers
Olin "Thomas
Marie Quillen
Linwood Todd
Raymond Meredith
Smithville
Claude Todd
Wesley Butler
Boston
Easton
Butler
Ray Deen
Casper Camper
ofEaston
John Cohee
Preston Church Notices Include Daily Worship and Birthdays
Preston at the Church of the New Jerusalem holds divine worship each Sunday at 11 a.m. and Sunday School on the theme Jesus Lifted Up from St John XII 34. In Williston Sunday School at 2 p.m. and divine service at 3 p.m. with Aprons of Fig Leaves. Social: Mr and Mrs Fred Wright hosted a Preston birthday gathering for Mr Wright near Preston with several attendees, others visiting from Smyrna Hog Island Easton Ridgely and Preston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of the New Jerusalem
Jesus
St. John
Zaccchaeus
Williston
Fred Wright
Preston
Norwood Pawn
Helen and
Marguerite’ Pawn
Smyrna
Earl Wright
Hog Island
Roland
Kenneth ‘Lane
Lloyd Perry
Bertha Coulbourne
Fred. Wright
Allen Garrett
Easton
Elex Flaharty
Marion Lane
Ridgely
Grace Covey
Club Entertains Members With Flower Talk at Harrington Home
On the 11th, club and visitors enjoyed a pleasant gathering at Mrs. John Harrington's home with good attendance. Mrs. John Hopkins spoke on flowers and soil and was assisted by Mrs. Nelson Covey. The next meeting is set for the 25th in the Choptank club room, and a full attendance is requested. Subscribe for The Journal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Harrington
John Hopkins
Nelson Covey
Choptank
Bank break in and chase end with loot abandoned
Weekly RWOGELY News Letter reports a bank break in through a window with acetylene tanks left inside and a rapid exit via the door. Gold silver and valuables were stolen, the silver found deserted in front of Thomas store and recovered by Norman Wilson. A rubber-banded securities packet burst its contents near the ice plant as suspects fled in a vehicle, leaving some items behind after a fire alarm drew a crowd. Nearly two thousand dollars in gold and banknotes were taken but the total value remains unclear. The incident was followed by a fire alarm and a quick retreat by the thieves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas
Norman Wilson
Caroline County
Our Church House
Caroline Ebling
Louise Sullivan
Caroline
Ridgely Girls
Margaret Saulsbury
Virginia Holsinger
Dorothea O'Connor
Amanda Ebling
Jean Jefferson
Hillsboro
Verne Kellar
Dorothy Emerson
Ridgely
Mary Ethel Prince
Franklyn Meredith
Harry Swann
Jeanette Beekman
Evangeline Briscoe
Marguerite Milby
Mary Brumbaugh
Roland Cherry
Weaver Jones
Eleanor Taylor
Olan Porter
Hoffman
Ing
Bradley
W. H. B. Kaufman
Paul Neff
Hoffman Brothers and Sisters
Woman’s Home Missionary Society
John Davis
Mary Frieze Ringgold
Ellen Swann
Philippines
Ronald Lane
Yerkes
Pennsylvania
Miss Vaughn
The
Reformed Church
W. D. Marvel
Helen
Carlton Marvel
Carlton
Annapolis
Joe Snowberger
William Davis
Ed. Morris
State House
Professor White
State Farm
Ridgelynes
Denton Church
Poultry Extension Meetings Set Across Caro Line County
County extension offices announce a week of poultry meetings in Denton Henderson Preston and Greensboro March 24 to 26 with Extension Poultry Husbandman W H Rice discussing poultry and egg situations and chick losses. The Caroline County Poultry Association plans its spring meeting April 13 in Denton Court House with officer elections and program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline County
W. H. Rice
Denton
Court House
Henderson
Eden Hall
Preston
Greensboro
Caroline County Poultry Association
Social visit notes from Greensboro to New Jersey and nearby towns
Mr Francis Kibler of Greens boro and Miss Mary Pably of Goldsboro and Elizabeth Mitch of Templeville traveled to Passaic and Clifton Heights New Jersey Sunday to visit friends. Several Wilmington Harrington and Easton residents spent weekends with relatives near town and at the homes of local families including Mr and Mrs Howard Sylvester Mr and Mrs Edgar Stubbs and Mr and Mrs George Moore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Kibler
Greensboro
Mary Pably
Goldsboro
Elizabeth Mitch
Templeville
Passaic
Clifton Heights
N. J
Charles Marvel
Wyoming
Geo. Swede
Darby
P. A. Marve
Earl Melvin
Whiteleysburg
Howard Sylvester
Richard Roden
Mary
Bradshaw
Town
John McMullen
Harrington
Edgar Stubbs
T. A. Montague
George Moore
Kenton
Sara Bastian
Elizabeth Bilbrough
Lizzie Dill
Willard Smith
Joseph, Hubbard
Wilmington
Pearl Jones
John Meredith
Grace Griffith
Chas. Griffith
Annabel Clark
Katherine Potts
Easton
Ed. Thomas
E. L. Gooden
Harry Reed
Local Residents Attend Church and Social Events
Mr and Mrs Dave Devore and others paid last tribute to Mrs Zeb Fountain in Woodlynne New Jersey. C W Adams entertained Edward Broom Haines Miss Cooper and Miss Grace Adams of Federalsburg. Earl Robinson visited Greenwood fire scene. Epworth Ladies Aid met at Alonzo Stewarts. Charlie Adams and Ethel Littleton from Wilmington visited. Harrison Trice and son Reese visited Helen Melson. Rev S L Hanby called on the sick. Mrs Earl Adams left for Philadelphia for treatment. D F Johnson bought a new car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave Devore
Fred Fountain
Frank Fountain
Woodlynne
N. J
Zeb Fountain
C. W. Adams
Edward Broom
Haines
Cooper
Grace Adams
Federalsburg
Earl Robinson
Mr. and I
John Adams
Greenwood
Edna
Reba Adams
Epworth
Alonzo Stewart
Hanby
Concord
Charlie Adams
Ethel Littleton
Wilmington
Harrison Trice
Reese
Helen Melson
S. L. Hanby
Earl Adams
Philadelphia
D. F. Johnson
Community Club meets in Smithville and church ladies plan
The Smithville Community Club gathered Tuesday in the club room. Bloomery M E Church ladies aid will meet at the parsonage with Rev and Mrs L Hanby on Wednesday afternoon March 26. Several local families and visitors from Federalsburg Henderson Philadelphia Finchville Bridgeville Greenwood were guests at homes over the weekend. Sunday School at Bloomery M E Church starts at 10. A chest clinic will be held in Denton on Tuesday March 24 at 9 30 a.m. Dr Seth H Hurdle will run the clinic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies Aid of
Bloomery M. E. Church
L. Hanby
Robert Nichols
Federalsburg
Clarence, Torbert
Hickman
T. Thomas
J. B. Medford
Edwin
Henderson
Ed. Wheatley
Sherman Neal
Bridgeville
George Tucker
Greenwood
Bloomery M. E
Denton
Masonic Building
Seth H. Hurdle
Holt Funeral Held at Hillsboro Church
The funeral of Mrs. John H. Holt aged 73 was held at the Protestant Episcopal Church in Hillsboro with burial in the church yard. Rev. Francis F. Kirwan officiated. Survived by husband and two children John H. Holt Jr. of Jacksonville Florida and Mrs. Carrie H. Fleming of Hillsboro.
Card of Thanks for sympathy and offerings
To those who contributed their cars services and sympathy during our bereavement and for the floral offerings we express our sincere thanks and appreciation. Mr. and Mrs. Chester Baker and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester Baker
Mrs Rachel V Clark Dies After Long Illness At Denton
Mrs. Rachel Virginia Clark 63 wife of Harry Clark former Orphans' Court judge of Queen Annes County died at home near Queen Anne after a long illness. They lived on a farm since 1887 and moved to Denton after a fire destroyed their home. She was daughter of Stephen Henry and Rachel Anderson, one of thirteen children with seven surviving including Mollie Wilkinson Washington R M Pennington Philadelphia O J Redden Denton Laura Porter Burrsville F B Bennett and Robert L Anderson of Baltimore. Besides husband she leaves daughter Mrs John Taylor of Wilmington son Wilbur A Clark of Cape May C H New Jersey and five grandchildren. Funeral services conducted by Dr J W Kirk of Denton M P Church were held at home Wednesday afternoon and interment was in Denton Cemetery. Pallbearers were two grandsons Clark and Fletcher Taylor and four nephews Eugene Anderson Harry Porter Henry Wilkinson Anderson Redden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenwood
Delaware
Greensboro
Caroline
Epiphany Mission
Preston
St. Andrew’s Mission
Hurlock
M. K. Newnam
Denton
Baltimore
Richard T. Morgan
Matthews
Mr. Morgan
Shaving
Caroline County
Matthews M. E. Church
A. H. Travers
Ladies of
J. L. Stevens
Milford
Luther Stevens
Spencer Willis
Leroy Short
Frances Dill
Bill Floyd
Howard Warner
Eugene Howard
Martin Esslesbury
Raymond Davis
Ella Peters
Grace Adams
Edward Brown
Federalsburg
David Ellwanger
Charlie Fountain
Marjorie Baker
Burrsville
Harry Murphy
Andersontown
H. E. Ramsdell
St. Patrick’s Day
Town
Emerald Isle
Zeb. D. Fountain
Edgar L. Fountain
Woodlynne
Ford Garage
N. P. Kern
C. J. Kern
Tuckahoe Neck
Lillian Timmons
Elizabeth Towers
Miss Towers
Good Cheer Bible
M. E. Sunday School
Ida Simmons
Mulford Swing
G. H. Wilson
Fifth Avenue
Minnie Henry
Johnnie Wilson
Swarthmore
Valley Forge
Walter Emery
Jesse Barnes
Philadelphia
Lacy Lord
M. E. Church
J. T. Carter
E. Lynne Stevens
Wilmington
Lacey Stevens
Elizabeth Legg
M. G. Crouse
A. G. Todd
Rochester
N. Y
Willard C. Todd
Guild of Christ Church
Marguerite Young
R. N. Hitchens
Washington, D. C
John H. Holt
Protestant Episcopal Church
Hillsboro
Francis F. Kirwan
John H. Holt Jr
Jacksonville
Fla
Carrie H. Fleming
Clifton Hicks
Trappe
G. B. Stewart
St. Patrick’s
Harry Kemp
Addie Morgan
Gladys Gale
Gardiner
Centreville
Richard Beaven
N. Clark
N. E. Knott
Reo
H. R. Covell
Wm. Cooper
M. 8. Cooper
Pearl Seymour
Easton
Edgar Blades
Frances Chance
Samuel Chance
Jake Sneed
Mr. Brown
Betty Fisher
Jake Morgan
Henry Morgan
Horace Morgan
S. T. Culver
Salisbury Hospital
St. Paul’s Church
A. A. MecNeer
Harry Gibson
Howard Eley
Billy Messix
Raleigh Sparks
Francis Clark
Detroit
Mich
Chas. Rhodes
Cordova
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
Jake Gibson
Laura Knotts
Washington
Mattie Price
James Briscoe
Madge Jump
Rachel Virginia Clark
Harry Clark
Orphans’ Court
Queen Anne’s County
Wenton
Wilbur A. Clark
Cape May C. H
N. J
J. W. Kirk
Denton M. P
Denton Cemetery
Clark
Letcher Taylor
Eugene Anderson
Harry Porter
Henry Wilkinson
Anderson Redden
Washington College Alumus Urges Abolition of Football
James M Cain, former Baltimore newspaper man and Washington College alumnus, urges the college to drop intercollegiate football, following its abolition of baseball. He argues football lacks material and interest, advocates basketball as the winter sport and tennis for fall and spring, and notes lacrosse may rise as a spring sport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James M. Cain
Baltimore
New York World
Washington College
The
New Yorker
James W. Cain
Washington College Bulletin
J. Thomas Kibler
Washington
Cain
Kibler
Thelma Baker Died After Week in Easton Hospital
Thelma Virginia Baker age nine died last Saturday at Emergency Hospital Easton after a week of illness that weakened her heart. She was a student at Denton Primary School. Pallbearers were her schoolmates at the funeral held Tuesday afternoon at her Denton home with Rev. Dr. J. W. Kirk officiating. Burial followed in Denton Cemetery. She was the daughter of Chester and Elsie May Swenson Baker. a brother Thomas Chester Baker survives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thelma Virginia Baker
Chester
Elsie May Swenson
Baker
Easton
Denton
J. W. Kirk
Denton Cemetery
Thomas Chester Baker
Thelma
Greensboro Area Social Notes and Local Visits
Mrs. Roxanna Price and son Carl of Harrington and Mr. and Mrs. John Jansky of Yonkers attended a Memorial Mass at St Elizabeths in Denton for Mrs L Elma Jansky. Numerous local residents visited or hosted events, including 4-H meetings, church gatherings, travels to Philadelphia and Easton, and a large fire ruins view trip in Greenwood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roxanna Price
Carl
Harrington
John Jansky
Yonkers
N. Y
St. Elizabeth's Catholic Church
Denton
Jansky
L. Elma Jansky
Sherman Howard
Marcus Hook
Jacob Zierle
Calvin Ward
Sophia Howard
A. G. Stufft
Esther
Grace
Marguerite Young
Philadelphia
David Stufft
Hursey Porter
Otto Kormrumpf
Raymond Hubbard
St. Mary’s Church
Bethel
Bethel, Conn., Thursday of Last Week. Mrs. Mary Thornton, of Philadephia
Delia Bowen
John Bowen
Chester
W. A. Thornton
Greensboro
George Basta
Catherine Ward
Staffordsville
N. J
Fred Sprague
West Creek
James Ward
J. C. Ledbetter
Archie
T. N. Tombes
Easton
Arthur Wheatman
Smyrna
David Morris
Hilda Weaver
Wilmington
J. E. Weaver
W. Isaacs
John Wyatt
Charles Briggs
Roy Briggs
Greenwood
W. V. Boyce
Goldsboro
Willard Breeding
Alice Bearman
Williston Community Club monthly meeting report
The Williston Community Club met at Mrs. S. E. Hignutt’s home with 29 members. Milo Crane presided, minutes read by Frances Hignutt, entertainment included music and guessing contests with several prizes. decorations featured shamrocks and refreshments of chicken sandwiches cookies and punch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. E. Hignutt
Milo Crane
Frances Hignutt
Williston
James Collins
Geo. Wheatley
East New Market
Clarence Rice
Anna
Community Notes From Ridgely And Surrounding Towns
Ridgely and Greenwood visitors populate a Sunday update with extended family and church events. Mrs Ima Cooper of Marshallton near Wilmington welcomed her sister Mrs Meredith. Local couples attended a Denton church supper, and the Reformed Church choir plans an Easter program titled In Joseph's Garden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Flounders
Alice Flounders
Frank Stevenson
Greenwood
Ima Cooper
Marshallton
Wilmington
Meredith
Harvey Holsinger
Denton
The
Reformed Church
Joseph’s Garden
M. A. Brackett
Baltimore
Watson Booker
Hamilton
Oxford
B. A. Behrens
Beekman
Carroll Meredith
Goldsboro
Flower Store Ad Offers Free Rose Basket Prize
The Dion Floral Art Co advertises at 308 Main St Federalsburg Md inviting visitors Saturday March 21 to win a free prize basket of American Beauty Roses. Free tickets with every 25 cent purchase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Main St
Federalsburg
Dion Floral Art Co
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Windeig
Frank
Clinton
Edward
Wright
Lacy Robinson
Invita Cordova
James Covey
Susan Ringgold
Edward Dudley
Denton Journal
Morgan Dudley
Wsra PR
Bethlehem
Orphans’ Court Proceedings
Rwogely
Lems
County Extension News
Adams Cross Roads
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Queen Anne
Saint Gertrude’s Academy
Academy
Pontia
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